Tag
piece_rates
2 findings
Labour & employmentPiece-Rate Incentive Effect vs. Worker SelectionRaising the piece rate by 10 MWK increases output quantity by 0.18 to 0.26 units sorted per day from a baseline mean of 7.35 units (p < 0.01), establishing a positive incentive effect. Controlling for actual piece rate received, reservation wage (minimum willingness to accept) exhibits a slightly negative or zero relationship with output quantity (a 10 MWK increase in minimum WTA lowers daily output by 0.20 to 0.30 units in random effects models, p < 0.05).RCTLabour & employmentQuality Monitoring and Multitasking SubstitutionQuality monitoring decreases output quantity by 0.440 to 0.689 units per day (p < 0.01) while significantly improving quality by reducing sorting errors by 0.561 to 0.744 errors per unit (p < 0.01). Explicit quality monitoring does not increase worker reservation rates (WTA effect = -0.431 MWK, p > 0.10).RCT